Mine Pushed Caribou Into Wolf Turf

posted Jun 27, 2015, 6:07 PM by chloe owens

5/20/15, by Stevania Seccia, Vancouver.24hrs.ca

Mine pushed
caribou into wolf turf

Although blaming wolf predation as the number one cause
for killing caribou in the South Peace and South Kelkirk regions, it’s because
industry activity pushed the caribou into wolf country – according to B.C.
government scientists. In a proposed
document for the B.C. wolf cull that started this year, released through a
Freedom of Information request by Wolf Awareness and Raincoast Conservation
Foundation, and prepared by BC. Government biologists, states that while wolf
predation has become unsustainable over the past few decades, it’s because
“that period corresponded to extensive landscape change due to industrial
activities.”